Dear Friends--So here is the key to our success as a Green Movement. Social sustainability, as well as environmental and economic sustainability. An example from Boulder CO. Tom
>Sender: "Fostering Sustainable Behavior Listserv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:11:16 -0400 >From: "Richard Knaub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Municipal Social Sustainability Strategic Plan > >The City of Boulder Colorado has adopted a Social Sustainability Strategic >Plan to balance the work already done in environmental and economic >sustainability. The city has made an active effort to balance the three >E's of sustainability and will continue the work by working to integrate them. > >The plan may be found at http://www.ci.boulder.co.us/files/sss_draft_may8.pdf > >Other documents which lead up to the Social Sustainability Strategic Plan, >including a policy briefing paper on what Sustainability in a local >government context and changes in the City's Comprehensive plan to embrace >sustainability may be found at >http://www.ci.boulder.co.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=750&Itemid=315 > >Boulder conducted a comprehensive review of municipal sustainability >initiatives and found that almost all of them overlooked social >sustainability. Of those that did not, most had only a weak direction for >policy development. Boulder's effort is one of the most conscious attempt >to balance the 3 E's in municipal policy in the country. > >Richard Knaub Tom Shelley 118 E. Court St. Ithaca, NY 14850 607 342-0864 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.myspace.com/99319958 _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
